On this road, there are dozens of primitive villages of ethnic minorities, the romance of Fenghuang ancient city, the beauty of Avatar's hometown, the mystery of Grandpa Mao's former residence, and more of them are Hunan secrets you don't know.
Self-driving route: Changsha-Yiyang-Changde-Taoyuan County-Zhangjiajie-Fenghuang-Huaihua-Hongjiang-Huitong-Xinning-Yongzhou-Hengyang-Shaoyang-Xinhua-Loudi-Shaoshan-Changsha.
Total length of the line:1050km.
Estimated itinerary: 5-7 days.
Vehicle recommendation: car /SUV is ok.
Road conditions: all expressways/national highways/township roads/paved roads.
1. Jinggang Ancient Town
Jinggang Town is located in the northwest of Wangcheng County, Changsha City. It is a thousand-year-old town in central Hunan. Jinggang Town has the advantage of water transportation since ancient times, and it is located on the west bank of Xiangjiang River. It used to be a prosperous commercial port for the distribution of materials in Sanxiang, and it has the reputation of "Little Hankou".
"The waterfowl there always go home along a fixed route at dusk. The carpenter there always wakes up at the same time after a nap and then opens his tools and windows. The tofu workshop there knows the best time to start grinding, and it doesn't need any clocks. Then, the smell of ground beans spread throughout the slate. " -Wang Han
Special food: ginger sugar, wooden hammer crisp, grilled fish, dried fragrant, Mao Mao fish, bean sesame tea, lollipop; Glutinous rice liqueur, ginger sesame bean tea, grilled fish, handmade noodles, eight bowls, Yao Ji jar vegetables, Jinggang Xianggan.
Sam Sun Chowder: AtNo. Bao 'an Street 1 12, there was a chowder restaurant that was fresh in my memory. He has been cooking chowder since his grandfather's generation, and his specialty is three fresh chowder. The owner of the chop suey museum relishes this dish: the three fresh chop suey here can't be eaten anywhere else because its raw material is very special-well water in Jinggang ancient town. Three fresh chowder is divided into three parts: small, medium and large. Add a special dish, such as a small portion of trotters or a small portion of braised pork, and order a green vegetable, which is more than enough for two people. The price is around 40 yuan. Eight bowls, grilled fish, sugar and oil Baba are all special. If you are not satisfied, you can pack it and take it home.
2. Taohuayuan
Taohuayuan is near Shuixi, southwest of Taoyuan County15km. Facing Shui Yuan, leaning against the mountain and pine and bamboo. Legend has it that it was written by Tao Yuanming, a poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Peach Blossom Garden is named after Peach Blossom Garden and its poems. Starting from Tongfang, which is about ten miles away from the county seat, returning to Yuanjiang and reaching Taohuayuan, it is about forty miles in total.
Special food: Waergang seven-star pepper, Taoyuan chicken, sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, Taoyuan deer and bean hot sauce, and Baba meat.
3. Zhangjiajie
Legend has it that Avatar was selected in Zhangjiajie, so we must stop here and have a look. Zhangjiajie City is located in the northwest of Hunan Province and belongs to the hinterland of Wuling Mountain. Zhangjiajie Forest Park is the first national forest park in China. Wulingyuan Natural Scenic Area consists of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Suoxiyu Scenic Area, Tian Zi Scenic Area and Yang Jiajie Nature Reserve, and has been included in the World Natural Heritage List.
Special cuisine: When you come to Zhangjiajie, you must try the most ethnic Tujia cuisine. Tujia cuisine in Zhangjiajie not only maintains the national flavor that has lasted for hundreds of years, but also integrates the essence of Hunan cuisine. This kind of integration can't help but make people's appetite open and mouth water. In addition to the spicy taste of Hunan cuisine, Tujia people also like to eat wax, acid and pickles. Therefore, if you want to appreciate the authentic flavor of Tujia cuisine, you must order authentic dishes, such as preserved pig's head, "Tuannian cuisine", blood tofu, sour fish, loach and tofu.
In addition, you can also try snacks such as social meals and pig blood porridge, which have different tastes. I want to remind you here that eating in hotels in Zhangjiajie scenic spot is very expensive, and everyone knows that. Therefore, it is suggested that you can bring your own food to eat in the scenic spot, and you can eat it in the urban area after visiting the scenic spot, especially at night, and the street is full of food stalls in the night market, which has a strong sense of life. Famous night markets include Nanzhuangping Market, Dongmenqiao and People's Cinema. For those who love nightlife, don't miss them!
4. Sunleaf
Liye, located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain in Hunan Province, at the junction of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces, belongs to Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. People lived there as early as 6000 years ago. Although it has magical natural scenery and peculiar ethnic customs, its economy and culture have been relatively backward due to inconvenient transportation, and it is a remote town. But also because of this remoteness, no one has been disturbed, and I live an idle and beautiful life.
Among Xiangxi snacks, rice tofu is very representative. This kind of delicious food made from the finest rice has always been the favorite of the people in western Hunan. On the way to the market, there will be rice tofu stalls at the bridgehead, pavilion and shady place. People here are used to eating a bowl of rice tofu to satisfy their hunger and thirst when they go to the market, and chatting during the break. But this simple bowl of delicious food is rare in big cities.
Food specialties: Chuanmingshen, Yam, Tujia Brocade, Lily, Amorphophallus, Ge Fen.
5. Fenghuang Ancient City
If you want to witness the real Xiangxi customs, you must take a trip to Fenghuang (also known as Tuojiang Town). Fenghuang is the county seat of Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, located 53 kilometers south of Jishou. It was built on the bank of the Tuojiang River, and the wooden houses in the diaojiao building were covered with hillsides. This is the hometown of the literary master Shen Congwen, who once described its quaint and charming style in Border Town.
Special food: Other special foods in Fenghuang Ancient City-snacks: 1, 2 ginger candies in Fenghuang Ancient City, 3 kiwi kings, 4 twist candies, 5 asparagus crisps, 6 cold rice noodles in Fenghuang Ancient City, 7 rice tofu in furong town, 8 sour radishes in Fenghuang, and 8 rice cakes in Xiangxi.
Other specialties of Fenghuang ancient city-dishes: 1, Xiangxi Fenghuang bacon 2, Phoenix blood duck, wild onion bibimbap 4, hot and sour fried mushrooms 5, farm tofu 6, Camus baked vegetables 7, Camus sour fish 8, sour soup tofu 9, bracken fried bacon in the second year.
6. Wan Foshan of Dong nationality
Tongdao Dong Autonomous County is located in the southwest of Hunan and the southern end of Huaihua City. Ethnic minorities such as Dong, Han, Miao and Yao live there. Simple folk customs, endless Danxia Wanfo Mountain, the key point is that there is a complete minority life here, which has hardly been destroyed. Compared with shangri-la, it is not commendable at all.
Food features: Dong people are generally used to cooking for a whole day in the morning and taking it up the mountain to eat. Among them, the "steamed rice" made of Xianghe rice is particularly fragrant, and there is a saying that "a steamed rice is fragrant all over the village". The tea that Dong people drink refers to Camellia oleifera, which is a thick soup made of tea, popcorn, fried peanuts, crisp soybeans, glutinous rice, meat, pig water, salt, chopped green onion and tea oil. It can not only quench thirst, but also satisfy hunger. Accompanied by rice and tea, there are vegetables, fresh fish, meat, melons and fruits, game, fungi and drinks, and food sources are extensive.
7. Qianyang Ancient City
The ancient town of Qianyang in hongjiang city is surrounded by water on three sides, which is an important town at the junction of Hunan, Chu and Miao Di. It is 100 years earlier than Dayan ancient town in Lijiang, Yunnan, and 900 years earlier than Fenghuang ancient town in Hunan. This is a place where historical sites coexist with real life: old houses are densely arranged, chickens and dogs hear each other, and some old people sit in old streets in twos and threes, smoking, drinking tea or playing _ _, which is ominous.
Eating wind-blown sweet potatoes in the New Year is a custom handed down from the ancient city of Qianyang for thousands of years. The villagers hung sweet potatoes under the eaves and let the wind blow the red peppers under the eaves, the ancient city of Qianyang and a spider web, which concentrated the light and shadow for more than 2000 years. The iron lock of "power" can lock the vicissitudes of wooden doors, but it can't lock the massiness of history, and it can't lock the footsteps of wandering abroad.
Food specialties: Zhijiang duck, Dongxiang preserved fish and bacon, stone carving, Nuo mask, Dong brocade and Lusheng; Eat a bowl of Huaihua rice noodles with special fragrance of heavy oil and visit this ancient town that has existed for more than 2,200 years and has a leisurely life.
8. Explore the ancient village of Gaoyi
Gaoyi Ancient Village is located on the banks of Wushui River in Huitong County, Hunan Province. It used to be a land and water transportation hub and the only place on the historic Smokey Road. The roads connecting every household and village are criss-crossed, like a net and a maze. People in the village usually only take a few main roads, and many buildings are connected, but no one dares to walk. Even the local elderly may not know whose house every path in the village leads to. Even our own people don't know where this road leads. Due to the complex terrain, this village has never been harassed by bandits and robbers for hundreds of years.
Huitong navel orange is very famous. It is necessary to eat oranges in Hunan during the Spring Festival. In your hometown, you can rarely buy bad oranges. Once peeled off, your hand is full of sweet and sour aftertaste.
Special cuisine: Huitong navel orange, Huitong Tang Huo bacon, Huitong flower cake, fried pepper, blood cake sausage, black rice and Huitong winter bamboo shoots.
9. Xinning _ Shandan Gorge
Ai Qing, a famous poet, once taught in Xinning Mountain. His poem "Why do I always have tears in my eyes, because I love this land deeply" is here. Director Feng once filmed the movie "Falling Mountain" and also came here to take pictures. The mountain in the movie is heartbreaking.
_ This mountain is divided into six scenic spots: Tianyi Lane, Pepper Peak, Jiang Fuyi, Bajiaozhai, Xiazidong and Tiansheng Bridge. Tour routes are different, you can choose according to your own preferences. 10. Dream hometown-Upper Gan Tang
Shanggantang Village is located in Xiazipu Town, 25 kilometers southwest of Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City. The whole village is surrounded by mountains and waters, east-west, with Pingfeng Mountain in the east and clear Xiemu River in front of the village, forming an excellent feng shui closure. The house built in the late Qing Dynasty, an acre of rape field, is not deliberately beautiful, but impressive. This is the poetry and rivers and lakes in life.
Because the land here is rich in aromatic cluster element selenium, the specialties here are all related to the word "Xiang": Are these pomelo, taro, fragrant ginger, fragrant rice and mushrooms unique to big cities? Perhaps only by staying away from the bustling, noisy and crowded and returning to the true colors of nature can we smell the fragrance and return to the hometown of human body and mind.
You have to enter the crowded women's alley and cross the alley where only one person can pass, which is the narrowest alley in the whole ancient village. You might as well walk and look up at the towering walls on both sides and the blue sky overhead. Stroll on the English Bridge, listen to the sound of running water under your feet, look at the ancient buildings inside, and lament the progress of the times and the changes of society. Maiqiao is the only ancient bridge in Song Dynasty discovered in Hunan Province so far.
Food features: Ningyuan blood duck, drinking snail, Chili fried meat, sashimi, Dong 'an chicken. It is recommended to eat Ningyuan blood duck, boiled with duck blood and fried with wine, which is delicious.
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Before Zhang Yimou's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for Hunan people, the greatest significance of bamboo forest was to eat bamboo shoots! If we must regard bamboo forest as a landscape, we should go to Huangshi Town and Dayi Township in leiyang city, Hengyang, where there is "Cai Lun Bamboo Sea". Vast area, green shock, don't lose the peerless beauty in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Zhang Yimou.
Yes, digging bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest in childhood is an unforgettable time for Hunan girls. Digging winter bamboo shoots in winter and frying smoked bacon at home are delicious as long as they are recalled. Even in Qingming, you can dig up the spring bamboo shoots that have just sprouted, which are equally delicious!
Food specialties: lake wine, fish balls, sliced bread, beef tendon sweet potato, sweet potato powder;
12. Eighty Li Nanshan
Pick "tea" under the east fence and see "Nanshan" leisurely. 80 kilometers southwest of Chengbu County, Shaoyang, there is a good place called nanshan pasture. It is located in the southern section of Xuefeng Mountain, stretching for more than 80 miles, and is called "80-mile Da Nan Shan"-many Hunan people grew up eating this brand of milk powder! Is it?
13. Xinhua Mo Zique Tianxia
To go to the world of magpie, you have to walk up the hill along the driveway. Standing on the high observation deck, the dignified and exquisite terraces are displayed in front of us: the hazy drizzle turns the surrounding mountains into an ink and wash landscape background painting, and the farmhouses that emerge from time to time in the center of the terraces are looming in the fog. Looking down from a distance, the terraces filled with water are sparkling and dotted.
Food features: water wheel bacon, air-dried salted duck, fish jelly; If you are in the mood, you can also make pork balls and a glutinous rice cake with the locals, and then take your "labor results" home; When you arrive in Chick, you must stay for one night. Experience spring transplanting, autumn harvesting and mixing.